How to have better conversations (with Celeste Headlee)

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  Ted audio collective.

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  You'Re listening to how to be a better human.

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  I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

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  So when I think about the ways that I'm personally trying to be a better human, a lot of big picture stuff comes to mind.

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  But then I also think about trying to be better at the specific roles that I play every day.

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  And obviously one of those roles, quite obviously, is being a host.

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  I would like to be better at hosting and interviewing and having great conversations.

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  And I think that probably a lot of you out there would also like to improve your skill at having a great conversation.

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  It's an important skill and one that we don't often think about very consciously.

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  So today on the podcast, let's talk, and more importantly, let's listen to a really seasoned professional.

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  Today we have Celeste Headley here with us.

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  She is an award winning journalist who has done everything from anchor morning news programs on public radio to covering presidential campaigns, to co hosting retro report on PBS.

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  She's also the author of we need to talk how to have conversations that matter.

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  And here is what she has to say about how to do that.

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  Now, I make my living talking to people.

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  Nobel Prize winners, truck drivers, billionaires, kindergarten teachers, heads of state, plumbers.

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  I talk to people that I like.

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  I talk to people that I don't like.

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  I talk to some people that I.

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  Disagree with deeply on a personal level, but I still have a great conversation with them.

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